NETWORK PATH DISPLAY METHOD, CABLE PULL-OUT METHOD, NETWORK PATH DISPLAY SYSTEM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network path display method or the like which propmotes the efficiency of pull-out work of LAN cables.SOLUTION: A predetermined command is performed with a computer 3 connected to a network 1, and a port lighting packet, which includes a port lighting request enabling a network device such as a switching hub 7 to light indicators corresponding to a connection port receiving the packet and a connection port transmitting the packet for a predetermined period of time, is transmitted to a server 5. Each network device receives the port lighting packet and transmits it to the next transmission destination such as the network device, and lights the indicators corresponding to the connection port receiving the port lighting packet and the connection port transmitting it for the predetermined time of period.